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Nephew and I doubled up at 6:55 this morning. Fun hunt.

I’m beyond excited, I had a back to back in 2 days with 2 awesome hunts. Thursday I called in 10 birds at once, 9 left. Today I called in a lone hot mature bird all by himself Yesterday was 4.5 beard and 1/8 “ spurs Today 8” beard and 3/4 “ spurs. I feel fortunate to have the opportunity to enjoy my hunting and harvest 2 nice toms, and have a great time in the woods

So my buddy has three reveal cameras on the lease property. He keeps them going all year. In the last month a few small bears have come by. Big guy came by this week. One night he hung around for hours! Pretty nice one for this time of year.

Gobbling up a storm around here, my Royal Palms are gobbling non stop and the wild birds in the woods answer them. Al

If you see an ACME truck pull up to the park, Run away fast !

Cam pics so far

8 pt he got last year with cross bow. Powers Taxidermy did the work. We loved the job! Added treat was this shed I found!

A new one from this morning!

At it again. The birds were nonexistent in my area yesterday and no gobbles so far again this morning. Off work until May 7 and still so nice to be out here watching the woods wake up.

Had a big gobbler cross in front of the car last evening. Wouldn't luck have it. Lots of fog this morning. Plenty of deer sightings, no turkey yet.

No gobbles here either. Good luck all out there today!

Took a walk today. Looking for a spot for Wednesday. Not a lot of turkey sign but had a bucket and a small spade with me. Gathered up about 2/3 of a 5 gallon bucket. Gave half of them away to a friend. Sauted in olive oil on toasted bruschetta with eggs for breakfast tomorrow. A breakfast fit for a king imho.

Great time yesterday. They beat the crap out of themselves. She did real well along with her company!

Sooner or later there is going to be a severe attack with these critters getting bolder and bolder and losing their fear of humans.

When you're not really into it but someone mentioned snacks.

Let the dog out and decided to do one more Mus patrol. This Mus made the mistake of lounging on the fence. SJC

This Mus gave me the slip many times, but it's slipping days are over. What a beautiful night for using thermal. SJC

This afternoon I put together a new steel reactive target I got last Christmas, rated for 22 ammunition it is one of those spring loaded jobs that falls back on a hit and flips back up for the next shot. Got out the new Charter Arms Target Pathfinder and got it sighted in half way decent and then let a few fly at this new target, the standard velocity ammo I was using out of the four inch barrel did not have enough ass to knock the steel down, but a good audible clank and slight movement let me know when a good hit was made. I am pretty sure with high velocity ammo out of rifles the plate will tip back with a good hit. All in all it will add some interesting variety to my plinking. Al

Hunted 5:30 to 7:30 heard a gobble at 5:45 then again around 6:30. Way off in the distance, that was it. Great sunrise!

Day 3...this is strange here. Not a single gobble or turkey seen so far this season. Still nice to be out here though. Good luck to all out there

I threw away the box it came in and there are no markings on the target itself, I am pretty sure it was purchased at a Runnings store, they stock and sell a lot of steel targets. Al

At least you guys are out there. I'm not able to get back into the woods until Monday- if the weather holds.

Wont hurt to try a turkey choke to see how much better it would be at that range or if you have a 35-40 yard shot

Looks like the catering supplies for Willie Nelson's 91st birthday celebration.

I had 7 deer come by the decoys. A button buck spent a half hour trying to figure them out. After they left a tom with three hens came across the corn field. I shot at 40 yards. 3" nitro shot. Hens flew off but the Tom did not follow and flew off in another direction. I looked for 2 hrs but found nothing. Had 5 jakes going crazy an hour later but could't get close enough. It was a good morning!

I had a hen at 10 yards of my decoys , but not Toms behind her. I did hear lots of gobbling. I did notice that there was a lots of pressure around me. Crazy because I would expect that on Saturday but not on Wednesday. Congrats to those who punched thier tag.

I had a chance to trade a hundred bales of hay for a trio of 2 year old Red Bourbons a while back. Didn't figure the turkeys were worth 300, and I don't have to feed the hay.

No gobbles but a few deer passed by. First hunt of any kind since moving to the new area. Good luck too anyone else out here this morning.

Good luck to all the hunters hunting the 2024 Spring turkey season. Be safe and enjoy the time out.

You as well

Love this! Very chill dog just going with the flow. I would name him Molasses!

He is way over average size. I think around here 150-200 is more average. I have no idea how old that big one is.

My Backyard !

By Golly......You do have all the toys and all the fun, don't you?

Hunters pose with rifles outside their bark covered hunting camp "Shanty" in the Adirondacks, Circa 1900.

When targets of opportunity pop up, you take advantage of it. Was tracking this vole for a half hour until it came into range. SJC

That would make one heck of a big rug !

Looks like a pretty nice one for the fall!

Had to give this one an insurance shot just to make sure it was down for good. Never take chances with a Mus. SJC

Airedale- Thanks for the article. And I believe that other great camps had similar "preserves"